… as it doesn’t come at the cost of the national language.

What is a ‘national’ language? Who defines a ‘nation’?

Can the Chinese Communist Party define that all Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongolians whose territories are occupied are now Chinese that must be taught only in Mandarin?

Can Russia rule that Ukrainians in the occupied territories can’t be taught in Ukrainian as this would “come at the cost of the national language”?

As one scholar from Turkey writes:

Numerous studies in linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and educational sciences demonstrate that monolingual education deepens linguistic, cognitive, and psychological inequalities among children. It not only places children at an academic disadvantage but also damages their relationship with their cultural identities. This leads to a loss of self-confidence at the individual level and to exclusion and alienation at the societal level. In this way, the education system becomes a mechanism that reproduces inequalities rather than eliminating them …

Epistemic hierarchies, frequently found in colonial modes of thought, position certain languages as “central” and “universal,” while relegating others to “local” and “secondary” status … Research, however, shows that children learn more rapidly in their mother tongue, that their conceptual development progresses more healthily, and that their cultural identities are strengthened. Mother-tongue education not only increases academic achievement but also enables children to feel equal and valued in the public sphere.

Lasting social peace is possible not where differences are suppressed, but where they are recognized and institutionally guaranteed. When the education system ceases to function as an instrument of homogenization and standardization and instead becomes a vehicle for pluralism, the principle of equal citizenship will acquire its genuine meaning …

Emphasis mine.

That’s how it should be. That’s already how it works in most (might be all) of Europe.

This is not how it should be, and it is not how it works in Europe.

In addition to @dominic.borcea@piefed.social’s comments: There is even a European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, and European institution seek to improve teaching of these languages. Just yesterday (3 March), the European Council released a report on minority languages in Hungary (whose current PM is a great admirer of China as we know).

Europe is certainly not perfect, but it does a lot to protect and promote minority languages, apparently in direct opposition to China.

I use that, too, and you can run it locally.

I don’t know what makes you think they will end up being not up-to-date nor comprehensive.

Do you think this is bad? What would you suggest instead?

I wouldn’t judge too early as it has just started. This guy asks to open an issue if you find mistakes, and I would assume they are also accepting new proposals. But the site is 12 days old.

The US and China: Who is better?

Just stumbled upon this image and it says more than thousands word imo.

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Well said.

News from October 2025: China overtakes US as Germany’s top trading partner

Maybe it’s just me, but there are so-called ‘news’ all over the place - everywhere, but particularly on Lemmy - that frequently hail China for all kinds of things, although nothing is new (and often it’s not even true).

Some of these ‘China great’ articles appear over and again with more or less the same content, sometimes just with slightly different framing. To me this feels like cheap propaganda. I firmly believe this is not organic but part of an orchestrated disinformation campaign, not in the least as many of these infinite loops here on Lemmy come from OP.

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What kind of trolling is this? Just look it up yourself if you don’t trust the original source.

This would be irrelevant even if true, but it’s false. There are reports in media from Germany, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and many others.

I linked to the original Europol press release, don’t understand what makes you think this is fake.

Isn’t the Ford CEO a big China fan who has been praising Chinese EVs for years?

Ah, there are many others, and usually these people absolutely deserved this award very much as the Ukrainian POWs would.

How many Nobel laureates are ‘terrible persons’ in your view?

… since the outbreak of the war in Israel, Beijing has classified Israel as a “high-risk area” and imposed a ban on any new Chinese investments in the country.

The South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong-based Chinese propaganda outlet, published just last week that China, Israel continue to collaborate in science and tech despite unrest in Gaza.

While Beijing supports Palestine and has a fractious relationship with Tel Aviv’s closest ally, cutting-edge innovations keep them together.

In a report published just now in February 2026, Lloyd’s Bank explicitly says,

Chinese investment in Israel has grown rapidly in recent years, particularly in software, IT services and consumer electronics.

Trade between China and Israel is also at an all-time high since the outbreak of the pandemic, and this hasn’t notably changed since the Gaza war (with Chinese exports to Israel have always been higher than imports from Israel, so Israel runs a trade deficit with China).

It’s important to note that this Chinese Ballet Vision fund cites losses of its investment since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, and it seems this is the real issue here. China is heavily investing and trading with Israel. Nothing has changed.

This is not much more than propaganda, the numbers paint a different picture. China-Israel business ties are stronger than ever, despite Gaza.

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… since the outbreak of the war in Israel, Beijing has classified Israel as a “high-risk area” and imposed a ban on any new Chinese investments in the country.

The South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong-based Chinese propaganda outlet, published just last week that China, Israel continue to collaborate in science and tech despite unrest in Gaza.

While Beijing supports Palestine and has a fractious relationship with Tel Aviv’s closest ally, cutting-edge innovations keep them together.

In a report published just now in February 2026, Lloyd’s Bank explicitly says,

Chinese investment in Israel has grown rapidly in recent years, particularly in software, IT services and consumer electronics.

Trade between China and Israel is also at an all-time high since the outbreak of the pandemic, and this hasn’t notably changed since the Gaza war (with Chinese exports to Israel have always been higher than imports from Israel, so Israel runs a trade deficit with China).

It’s important to note that this Chinese Ballet Vision fund cites losses of its investment since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, and it seems this is the real issue here. China is heavily investing and trading with Israel. Nothing has changed.

This is not much more than propaganda, the numbers paint a different picture. China-Israel business ties are stronger than ever, despite Gaza.

[Edit typo.]

It reminds me somehow on the famous xkcd webcomic: https://xkcd.com/2347

Edit for an addition: Maybe it’s also a reminder that we should frequently donate when we use FOSS.

Russians once again used Trump to prepare for an attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure (links to a 1 min video on Masdodon)